Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/Dec 2016-BPL

Please join us for the next AfroCROWD gathering @ Brooklyn Public Library!

The AfroCROWD end of year celebration! focused on Elected Officials of the African Diaspora @ Brooklyn Public Library Wikipedia Editing Seminar will focus on editing, improving and adding references and articles to Wikipedia. The focus of the event will be noted elected officials of the African diaspora and other people and places in black history, but participants can write about whatever they like. The aim is to add at least one sentence to the Wiki Lexicon and make at least one reference. This is also part of the Wikimedia global One Librarian 1 Reference Project.

Event information

 * Date: Sunday, December 18, 2016
 * Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
 * RSVP: Eventbrite
 * Meetup: Meetup RSVP


 * Hashtag: #AfroCROWD
 * Twitter: #AfroCROWD
 * Details:
 * Help write her digital history!
 * Join AfroCROWD to receive free training on becoming a Wikipedia editor.
 * The event will encourage editing entries about notable elected officials in the black history from both the United States and around the world.
 * Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD) is a new initiative which seeks to increase the number of people of African Descent actively editing Wikipedia. Become a part of the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software movements and help close the multicultural and gender gaps in Wikipedia.
 * We have held monthly editathons in Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens since February 2015.
 * Beginners welcome.
 * All languages welcome including English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, French, Yoruba, Twi, Woloff and other languages spoken in the African Diaspora. Wikipedia comes in 285 languages and you are welcome to edit it in any of them or translate from one language to another.
 * Please contact [mailto:alice@afrocrowd.org alice@afrocrowd.org] if you need more information.
 * Light Refreshments will be available.

Attendees
Please RSVP at Eventbrite! Please also add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below.

Confirmed

 * 1) BrillLyle (talk) 17:11, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Pharos (talk) 15:23, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) Jim.henderson (talk) 03:21, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
 * 4) Gjone1 (talk) 19:40, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
 * 5) Shiloh320 (talk) 19:55, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
 * 6) Wcora (talk) 20:14, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
 * 7) Stacydash (talk) 20:57, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
 * 8) Shanluan (talk)
 * 9) Aliceba (talk) 21:10, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
 * 10) BNU8449 (talk) 21:13, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) BNU8449 (talk) 21:13, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Outcomes
Alphabetical by first letter

Pages improved

 * 1) Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute --
 * 2) Keith Rowley --
 * 3) Marta Moreno Vega --

Pages created

 * 1) Gail Reed-Barnett --
 * DRAFT
 * 1) Brooklyn Literary Union --

Possible articles to edit

 * List of articles

Resources
See Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.

Editing Wikipedia resources
Listed here for quick reference. N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources
 * Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
 * Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
 * Tutorial
 * How to Edit a Page
 * Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout)
 * Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
 * Article Development
 * Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
 * Manual of Style
 * Citation templates
 * Infobox templates
 * Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources)
 * Art+Feminism - Video training
 * Art+Feminism - Training Lesson Plan

Tools and templates

 * Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
 * Infobox template - person
 * Biographies of living persons
 * Writing an article
 * About the Sandbox